Month April 2026

How One Candidate Used AI to Stand Out Before the Interview

If you’ve ever moved to a new city, you know how this goes. You’re busy. You don’t know the players yet.And networking? It’s always something you’ll “get to later.” I’ve been talking to several engineering leaders in Charlotte lately who…

Candidate-Sourced Market Signal

There have been mentions in the market of a potential contract QA automation opportunity focused on supporting the transition from manual QA to automation (Selenium / Cypress). Pratt Miller does not currently show a publicly posted role of this type…

How to Vet a Staffing Firm Submission Process

A friend got double-submitted by two staffing firms and ended up in a dispute after an offer last week for a performance gig. The details were vague, client name was shared, a canned job description was used, but there was…

Replaced a Spreadsheet Habit with an AI Engine

AI Automation: Project Spotlight Their team works on one of the hardest problems in public health: improving access to care and services across the U.S. To do that, they have to constantly answer a simple but painful question: Who exactly…

When Feedback Actually Changes Something

I’ve had a pretty firm stance on interview feedback since I was in my early teens. Silence in hiring doesn’t sit right. Not because I need to log feedback somewhere.Because candidates want to understand what happened, and if I’m the…

When AI Shows Up in the Interview

Rethinking how we evaluate engineers. This is a recap of a conversation I caught in my Promptmates community that felt relevant enough to reshare. The original question being discussed was around a pattern some hiring teams are noticing in interviews…

When Candidates Get Caught in Staffing Disputes

This is not a game I enjoy watching people play. I got a call last night from an engineering friend who found himself caught in the middle of a staffing firm dispute. Two firms submitted him to the same role…